Show BEST BEST GRADES pF F ZINC LINC GOM COMMAND 35 CENTS PER POUND I But ten days' days supply of spelter were I Ion on hand at a the beginning of f the year Production however which was ws exceedIngly exceedingly exceed exceed- heavy last year will wl be even greater during dring the current twelve months says News Bureau There is Is' Is no indication yet of ot a new buying movement In spelter In the high I grades gades however production has not caught up to consumptive demand There has been no difficulty in securing 35 85 I cents a pound for the tho best grades In fact there have been some transactions at this level calling for deliveries throughout through through- out the year Exports of ot spelter spotter have been confined almost entirely to prime Western Vestern grades Large quantities have gone to England where they will wi be bo worked over to better better bet bet- ter qualities making them for forthe forthe forthe the high class of work required in the manufacture of munitions of war The English government and war material makers in the British empire have been finding it cheaper to buy prime Western Vestern and work worle it over into the higher grades gades than han to buy Horsehead Mascot and other high grades grades' and pay the big premiums I demanded In the ten months of November 1 there had iad been ben exported from the United States pounds of ot spelter a 0 per percent percent percent cent increase over the previous year In 1914 the outward movement of spelter did not really realy begin until after the com com- The record of spelter exports The record of spelter exports for ten months ended October 31 3 Pounds Value 1915 1916 1914 1913 |